1.19: Let Bartlet Be Bartlet (with Under Secretary of the Army Patrick Murphy)

The West Wing Weekly

Joshua Malina & Hrishikesh Hirway

Tv & Film

4.9 • 12.2K Ratings

🗓️ 17 August 2016

⏱️ 55 minutes

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This episode of the West Wing represents the lowest point so far for the Bartlet team, but perhaps the highest point so far for the series. Josh and Hrishi are joined by The Honorable Patrick Murphy (@USAMurphy), Under Secretary of the Army. While he was a Congressman from Pennsylvania, Secretary Murphy helped overturn Don't Ask, Don't Tell.

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0:00.0	Well, hello. You're listening to The West Wing Weekly. I'm Joshua Molina.
0:10.2	And I'm Rishi Keishirui. Today we're talking about season one episode 19 of The West Wing,
0:15.0	let Bartlett be Bartlett. And coming up later, the United States Undersecretary of the Army,
0:19.5	the Honorable Patrick Murphy is going to be joining us to talk about this episode.
0:23.5	It first aired on April 26, 2000. The story is by Peter Parnell and Patrick Cadel,
0:31.5	which rhymes, and that's cute. The teleplay is by Aaron Sorkin, and the episode was directed by Laura
0:39.5	Innis, whom you know as an actor from her work as Carrie Weaver in 249 episodes of ER. And
0:48.5	all sorts of other things. Part of the John Wells family then. That is true. I have a
0:54.4	Laura Innis directs anecdote from a later episode. Yes, it's not a spoiler of any kind,
1:00.8	except that I'll probably tell the story again two years from now when we get to it. Sure,
1:05.9	let's hear it. Okay. So she directed an episode that I acted in, seasons after this one,
1:14.0	and she's a very serious director, and I'm a not very serious actor. And so Laura came up to
1:22.5	discuss a scene we were about to shoot. And she had really thought it through all the different
1:28.6	beats and psychologically where the characters were at. And she kind of talked to me through it and
1:35.6	said, this is my take. And I think what you're thinking here is this. And that sort of reflects
1:39.3	on remember what happened last season. And I think what you're trying to accomplish here. And
1:44.8	this and that you kind of give a five minute spiel. And then I said so bottom line happy face or
1:50.2	sad face. And I just sort of blood drain out of her face. She was not amused by what I thought.
1:58.0	What I meant to be just a light joke. And she kind of just walked away like, okay, that's who you are.
2:03.2	I was going, I thought for just a small laugh, but she looked really, really disappointed in who I
2:09.0	was as a person and an actor. Maybe that's why she didn't joining us for this episode.
2:15.5	Maybe. Yeah, I was too scared to ask. But she's a fine director is really what I'm trying to say.
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